October 5

October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 87 days remain until the end of the year. ^{David Watson, English footballer}

5 October 1946

Born on the same birth date (5 October 1946): Jean Perron • Robin Lane Fox • Zahida Hina

Born on the same birth day (5 October): Bil Keane • Carson Ellis • Edward P. Jones • Ify Ibekwe • John Alexander (footballer, born 1955) • John Alton • José Donoso • Terri Runnels

Born in the same month (October 1946): Al Oliver • Andrea Mitchell • Charles Dance • Dafydd Elis-Thomas • Dan McCafferty • Ivan Reitman • Jean-Jacques Beineix • Jerry Edmonton • John Hewson • John Monie • Peter Martins • Stewart Stevenson • Susan Sarandon • Zahida Hina